Blame it on the WTO?

A Human Rights Critique
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-956589-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 718 g

* Much-needed legal examination of the criticisms often levelled at the human rights record of the WTO
* Includes coverage of topical issues such as developing States' access to cheap HIV/AIDS medication, the protection of labour rights, and trade bans aimed at States which violate human rights
* Assesses current Doha Round proposals for reform and analyzes whether developed States have an obligation towards developing nations to create a fairer trading system

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is often accused of, at best, not paying enough attention to human rights or, at worst, facilitating and perpetuating human rights abuses. This book weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, incorporating legal arguments as well as some economic and political science perspectives.

After introducing the respective WTO and human rights regimes, and discussing their legal and normative relationship to each other, the book presents a detailed analysis of the main human rights concerns relating to the WTO. These include the alleged democratic deficit within the Organization and the impact of WTO rules on the right to health, labour rights, the right to food, and on questions of poverty and development.

Given that some of the most important issues within the WTO concern ist impact on poor people within developing States, the book asks whether rich States have an obligation to the people of poorer States to construct a fairer trading system that better facilitates the alleviation of poverty and development. Against this background, the book examines the current Doha round proposals as well as suggestions for reform of the WTO to make it more 'human rights-friendly'.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of international trade law and human rights law; legal advisers of governmental and non-governmental organizations dealing with the WTO and/or human rights

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joseph, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: Introducing the WTO and International Human Rights Regimes
2: The Relationship between the WTO and International Human Rights Law
3: The Democratic Deficit and the WTO
4: 'Human Rights' Restrictions on Trade
5: The WTO, Poverty, and Development
6: The WTO and the Right to Food
7: TRIPS and the Right to Health
8: The Doha Round and Other Free Trade Initiatives
9: Extraterritorial Duties Owed by Rich States to the People of Poor States
10: Proposals for Reform and Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph, Sarah
Sarah Joseph is a Professor of Human Rights Law, and the Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University in Melbourne. She has numerous publications on human rights, in areas such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, corporations and human rights, terrorism and human rights, self-determination, and now global trade and human rights. She is also an expert on Australian constitutional law, having co-written a leading text on that issue. She has taught human rights in many settings, both international and local, for over 15 years.

Sarah Joseph, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University, Melbourne

Sarah Joseph is a Professor of Human Rights Law, and the Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University in Melbourne. She has numerous publications on human rights, in areas such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, corporations and human rights, terrorism and human rights, self-determination, and now global trade and human rights. She is also an expert on Australian constitutional law, having co-written a leading text on that issue. She has taught human rights in many settings, both international and local, for over 15 years.